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    Monday • March 30
Seattle overpowers rest of A.L. West; Rangers regroup for Wild G
Jeremy
Furtick
sports editor
WEST
Part 6 in a 7-part series
SEATTLE
MARINERS
90-72; 1st In AL West; Lost
Divisional Playoff to Orioles
Looking at the Mariners on paper, there
is probably not a better team in baseball. If
every player on every team had career years,
Seattle would run away with the title. There
is just too much potential on this team for it
not to do well.
So what happened last year—Seattle had
the absolute worst bullpen in recent memo
ry. Departed reliever Norm Charlton consis
tently blew save after save, and the rest of tire
pen followed suit with horrendous perfor
mances nightly.
The Mariners can out-hit everyone in
baseball and last year their rotation was bet
ter than it had been in a long time. But the
big question this season will be how Randy
Johnson reacts to the way the organization is
treating him.
A free agent at the end of tlie season, John
son has been denied the long-term contract
he was seeking before spring training. And
with Seattle’s refusal to put the left-hander up
for trade, it appeal's the Mariners are just plan
ning to ride him to the playoffs then leave him
to the highest bidder after the season.
This is fine, if Johnson cooperates. A bad
season from the former Cy Young award-
winner would not hurt his stock in the free-
agent market too much. And Johnson might
decide to give the Mariners a taste of their
own medicine.
The Johnson situation, along with the
bullpen, are really the only things that could
1998 MARINERS
AVG. HR RBI SB
C-Dan Wilson .270 15 74 7
1B-David Segui* .307 21 68 1
2B-Joey Cora .300 11 54 6
3B-Russ Davis .271 20 63 6
SS-Alex Rodriguez .300 23 84 29
LF-Glenallen Hill* .261 11 64 7
CF-Ken Griffey .304 56 147 15
RF-Jay Buhner .243 40 109 0
DH-Edgar Martinez .330 28 108 2
SUB-Rich Amaral .284 1 21 12
*Segui with Expos; Hill with Giants
W-L ERA
LHP Randy Johnson
LHP Jeff Fassero
LHP Jamie Moyer
RHP Ken Cloude*
RHP Felipe Lira*
RHP Mike Timlin*
20-4
16- 9
17- 5
4-2
0-4
W-L
3-2
2.28
3.61
3.86
5.12
9.16
SV
1
10
IP
213
234.1
188.2
51
18.2
ERA
3.26
4.13
RHP Heathcliff Slocumb* 0-4
*Cloude in 10 games with Mariners; Lira in 8
games with Mariners; Timlin in 26 games
wioth Mariners; Slocumb in 27 games with
Mariners
keep the Mariners from a stellar season.
Important Additions: IB David Segui.
Big Losses: 3B Mike Blowers; OF Roberto
Kelly; 1B Paul Sorrento.
Projected Record: 90-72; 1 st in AL West.
TEXAS
RANGERS
77-85; 3rd in AL West
There were no bigger disappointments in
the Major Leagues last year than the Rangers.
The starting pitching staff that led the Majors
in wins and innings pitched for the 1996
Western Division champions suffered a dis
appointing 1997 that the rest of the team
could not recover from.
TWo things need to happen for Texas to
make the playoffs: Aaron Sele, acquired from
Boston, must have a solid year as the third
starter behind Darren Oliver and John Bur
kett, and Tom Goodwin must improve his
on-base percentage, which was only .319
with Texas last season, and set the table for
the heart of the Ranger lineup.
No one is really giving the Rangers a chance
to compete with Seattle this season, and some
say they won’t even sniff the playoff;
1998 RANGERS
C-lvan Rodriguez
IB-Will Clark
2B-Mark McLemor
3B-F^rnando Tatis
* SS-Kevin Elster*
LF-Rusty Greer
CF-Tom Goodwin*
RF-Juan Gonzalez
DH-Lee Stevens
SUB-Roberto K
‘Tatis in 60 game!
games with Pirate
AVG.
313
.326
261
256
321
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7
26
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LHP Darren Oliver
RHP Bobby Witt
RHP Aaron Sele*
RHP Rick Helling*
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420
4 82
458
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